Buckle.



J; S. SOUREK.

BUOKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.8, 1909.

935,557, Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

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Original application filed July 2, 1908, Serial No. 4-11,

To all whom it may concern."

lie it known that l, Josncn' S. SOI'IHCK. L citizen of the Unitedt'Statcs. residing in i llaih township, in the county of Summit andState of Ohio. have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

This application is a. division of a ppli a lion bearing Serial No.441.620, filed by me July 2, 1908, for buckles.

This invention relates to buckles of the general type known as two-partbuckles comprising a frame and a bail cooperating with and pivoted onsaid frame for use in connection with a. strap.

The object. of the invention is to produce anew and improvedbuckle ofthe type designated, comprising two parts adapted to be united togetherwhen in use and capzn bio of being separately manufactured, having meansfor holding the fixed and billet ends of the strap.

A further object is to construct a buckle which will be strong", safe,durable in use, easily manufactured and readily set up. C0211- posed oftwo cooperating members. adapted when used in connection with a strap tobe preferably united together by the fixed end thereof and provided withmeans for connecting; with the fixed end of said strap.

Vi ith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, combination and ar'angeinent of partsconstituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described andillustrated in the ac'conipanying drawings which form a part hereofwherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, illustratedby way of example in connection with :1 st ap, but it is to beunderstood that changes. variations and modifications an be resorted towhich come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings. in which similar reference numerals indicate like partsin the dift'erent figures: Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedbuckle. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in sideelevation looking from the bottom of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a View in frontele 'ation looking from the left in Fig. 1; and, Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the device shown in Fig 1, illus- Specification of LettersPatent.

trated in connection with a strap.

ltelerring to the drawings in detail the racemes Sept. 626. Divided andthis application filed. January 5*,

Serial No. $71,259.

reference numeral t denotes the frame of the buckle. preferablyformed ofsheet metal with lateral portions 2 having downwardlyturned flanges 3for strengthening purposes. )onnecting the lateral portions 2 of theframe are a plurality of bars 4, 5 and 6, hereinafter designated as thefront, center and rear bars, respectively, all formed-integral with thelateral portions and spaced apart from each other to form between themtransvci'sely extending slots 7 and The front bar 4: is provided with aforwardlyprojccting prong. 9. The lateral portions 2 are provided withrecesses 10 oppositely-disposed to each other and in open communicationwith the slot 7 to constitute bearings for the bail portion of thebuckle. to be hereinafter described. The bar 5 is prete'ably providedwith one or more openings 11 to receive holdt'ast devices for securingthe fixed end of the strap to the frame of the buckle.

Mounted in the recesses 10. as bearings, is

the movable member of the device, hereinafter called the bail, whichconsists of an open skeleton frame, preferably in the shape of a.parallelogram composed of two transvcrsely-extending parallel bars 12united by substantially parallel transverse bars 13 and ll. The sidebars 19. are provided with laterall-y-projecting lugs 15 arranged to bereceived in the recesses 10 which constitute pivoting means for thebail, The width of the bail isless than the distance between thedownturned flanges 8 to permit it, when swung upwardly. to lie withinthe space bomided by said flanges.

The corners of the frame 1 are rounded and the forward bar 13 of thebail is preferably termed upon curvilinear lines in order to present asmooth structure without sharp corners which might injure the user ofthe same or have a tendency to tear material coming in contact with saidbuckle or used in connect-i on therewith.

In securing a buckle, constructed as just described, to astrap, thefixed end 16 ot the strap 17 is passed upwardly from below through theslot 7 and around the bar 14; of the bail and dow iwardly through theslot 7 and from thence is bent. rearwardly and placed in lappingengagement with the balance of the stra p and is held there by means "la holdtast device 18 which is passec 1 free end 19 of the strap ispassed upwardly through the opening in the bail, during which latteroperation the bail is bent downwardly out of contacting engagement withthe under surface of the frame, after which the prong 9'is inserted in asuitable aperture in the same, thereby securing it against withdrawal.The outerbillet end of the strap is then passed downwardly through theslot 8 and caused to lie in lapping en- I i r laterally-projecting lugs15 to be received in the recesses) of the frame. I

\Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1; A tine-part buckle comprising a frame having .a prong projectingforwardly from the front end thereof, a slot extending transverselythereof terminating in oppositely-disposed recesses, the portion of saidframe rearwardly from said slot being provided with an opening toreceive a holdfast device and a bail comprising an open skelegagementwith the upper surface of the strap I 17 by means of the rear bar Theframe 1 is preferably so constructed that the lateral portionsprojectforwardly so that their outer ends lie in substantially the sametransverse planeas the outer end of the prong 9 to constitute guards forsaid prong, especially when the latter is made sharp enough to penetratefabric, the ends of the lateral portions serving to protect the user ofthe buckle against accidental injury from the sharp prong 9,particularly when a buckle of this type is used on suspenders, hosesupporters, etc; where there is liability of the wearer being injured byhaving the sharpened prong project. forwhrdlyf} from the front portionof the frame of the buckle which is thus efficiently guarded-by saidlateral portions of the frame; I

In manufacturinga 'bilckle'of this description, the frame andbal;ireina'de separately, preferably by stamping thesam-e. from suitablematerial, although' the members may be made by other methods, and whenso eonstructcd,substantially no fitting is required to set up thebuckle, the operation of setting up only requiring the insertion of thebail 6 of the frame. 1

through the slot 7 sufficiently to caitise the ton frame adapted to beinserted through said slot having lugs to pivot in said recesses, theforward end of said bail adapted to cooperate with said prong forholding the billet end of a strap.

A two-part buckle comprising a frame and a bail, said frame consistingof a pair of lateral portions provided with oppositelydisposed recesses,a plurality of cross bars integral with said lateral portions extendingtherebetween and spaced apart to form a transverse slot communicatingwith said recesses, a projecting prong extending forwardly fron'i one ofsaid bars, an aperture to receive a holdfast device positioned in saidframe rcarwardly of said slot, said bail comprising an integral openskeleton frame having laterally-projeeting lugs adapted to be pivoted insaid recesses, the front end of said bail adapted to cooperate with saidprong for engaging a strap.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' JOSEPH S. SOUREK. Witnesses Gnuxaim Fox, O. I). HUMPHREL

